Attaining the position of an Emperor is somewhat achievable for a true immortal; yet for an Emperor to become supreme, there simply is no path to tread!

The journey of each supreme being is entirely unique!

It's a path without any trace, one must rely solely on oneself. Even the most talented individuals must pay a tremendous price, muster immense willpower to take that step forward.

And there's an old saying: the supreme's path is a path of no return, out of ten thousand, one might remain, and it is far from certain of success.

Once embarking on the pursuit of supremacy, out of ten thousand Emperors, a single one might remain at most, yet the success is not guaranteed at all!

How many Emperors have there been throughout countless ages in this Heaven and Earth?

These conditions are so stringent that they may potentially lead to despair!

Seeing Chu Mo's expression, the Realm Spirit calmly said, "Do you understand now? Even those cultivators from heaven and earth layers, even if they could return to the human layer and defeat the Jin Wu Emperor. But how many have the courage to offend a cultivator who could potentially become a supreme being? In addition, one can only get rewarded once on every layer's three leaderboards. Even if one surpasses the original ranking, they can't get rewarded a second time."

"There's this rule?" Chu Mo was taken aback.

The Realm Spirit calmly said, "I made it."

Though the Realm Spirit's statement was delivered quite flatly, it was filled with an air of undisputed authority.

Chu Mo stared blankly at the Realm Spirit for a while, and then mumbled, "Did you just say earlier that you were merely a steward?"

The Realm Spirit rolled his eyes and ignored him: "Focus on refining your Samadhi Real Fire, youngster!"

With that, he turned and confidently walked away.

It was not until the Realm Spirit was out of sight that Chu Mo remembered that he had not asked him to notify the Lingdan Hall…

"Right, he mentioned that I could use the message board…" Chu Mo mumbled to himself, opened his message board, but after staring at it for a while, ultimately discarded the idea with a smirk.

Because apart from posting missions, there was only a communication section on his message board. If he were to notify the Lingdan Hall, he would have to post a public message in the community, notifying the Lingdan Hall that he cannot deliver as per the agreed timeline.

But by doing so, not only would everyone become aware of his predicament, but Lingdan Hall would also need to believe him!

"Never mind, just wait until I have fully refined the Samadhi Real Fire, and then when I have made the elixir and hand it over to them, I will explain." Chu Mo murmured to himself. And then, staring at the small flame, he began to operate the fire controlling mnemonic.

Pop!

The small flame made a soft sound as Chu Mo operated the fire controlling mnemonic, then swayed and finally settled down.

Chu Mo chuckled to himself and stared wide-eyed, "Trying to play hard to get, are we?"

He continued operating the fire controlling mnemonic...

In the time that followed, Chu Mo began a lasting tug of war with this small flame...

...

The Illusion God World, Heaven Layer.

An absolutely vast world, filled with immortal energy and continuous divine mountains.

At the peak of one of these grand mountains, a young man in a Daoist robe sat cross-legged.

The young man sported long golden hair, which concealed half of an eye, and had jade-like white skin. His appearance was such that even beautiful women would be filled with envy upon seeing him.

If Chu Mo were present, he would instantly recognize this youth as the Jin Wu Emperor.

But this Jin Wu Emperor was completely different from the younger, Mahayana epoch Jin Wu Emperor from the Human Layer.

Physically, the youthful Emperor seemed unchanged, time left no traces on his face.

Yet his aura showed a change as vast as Heaven and Earth!

If the young man at the Mahayana stage was a sharp sword, radiating an incredibly fierce aura from start to finish, then the current Jin Wu Emperor is a mountain - tall, heavy, and immovable!

He opened his eyes slowly, his pupils seemingly brimming with the rotation of galaxies. A faint smile appeared on a face that was enough to captivate any woman.

He said softly, "I had forgotten about this. How can a lad in the Understanding Heart Realm occupy the first place in the strongest combat rankings?"

"Well, if there is anyone who can defeat my battle shadow left in the Human Layer, what is the harm in awarding him once more?" As he spoke, a small flame once more parted from him. Although its quality seemed inferior to its predecessor, Jin Wu Emperor flicked his finger and the flame immediately disappeared into the void.

"Though it's a bit inferior, it still counts as Samadhi Real Fire," Jin Wu Emperor said blandly. Closing his eyes again, an intangible aura emanated from his body.

Then his body slowly began to fade, gradually disappearing in the Illusion God Realm.

At his realm, he hardly needs to come here anymore.

If he takes that step successfully, he won't be able to enter this place at all!

Forcing entry would cause this world to shake violently, even collapse!

He just came over to receive his soul, and at the same time, understand who defeated him.

"Lin Bai... Chu Mo... interesting. I hope to meet you someday!"

The Jin Wu Emperor's soliloquy echoed in the world where no one else existed.

...…

Five days later, Chu Mo looked at the small flame that still ignored him, with a helpless expression on his face.

In these five days, he had been continuously practicing fire controlling mnemonic, also attempting to communicate with the Samadhi Real Fire, but the flame seemed incredibly sentient and completely ignored Chu Mo's summons!

Even when Chu Mo's fire controlling mnemonic made it hesitate, it remained unmoved in the end.

With five days of effort, Chu Mo finally understood that this sentient fire found him too weak!

If he were at the Mahayana stage now, even if he couldn't completely subdue the Samadhi Real Fire in five days, he would be close.

Damned, it's just a flame, and it's playing hard to get.

Meanwhile, Chu Mo also clarified something during these five days - the so-called fire controlling mnemonic is essentially a method of refining fire!

It is not about subduing the fire completely, but making it more powerful!

In other words, the powerful alchemists can master these magical fires. One fundamental reason is that their fire controlling art is so strong that it can make these sentient fires even more powerful.

As a result, these fires willingly submit to them and follow them.

However, while the fire controlling mnemonic posed no problem for Chu Mo, and while the Samadhi Real Fire showed its liking for it, Chu Mo's realm was too weak!

This was as big a contrast as that between a novice monk chanting in a temple and a high monk chanting... no comparison!

So, when Chu Mo cleared this up, he was not in a hurry.

He simply rewrote the fire controlling mnemonic and threw it into the Heavenly Mirror.

After spending a lot of energy, a brand new fire controlling mnemonic was born!

Chu Mo had only practiced the fire controlling mnemonic for a few days, so there was no reluctance to discard the original mnemonic. After the new mnemonic was completed, he immediately began to practice the new one.

This time, Chu Mo did not intentionally attract the Samadhi Real Fire.

He planned to familiarise himself with the new fire controlling mnemonic first.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he started operating the new fire controlling mnemonic, the previously indifferent Samadhi Real Fire, which had been ignoring him, suddenly... burst into intense flames! (To be continued. If you like this novel, you are welcome to vote for it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)

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